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There are a lot of things to sell. Each person buys differently. My guess is the ham handed way schools sell their product results in a lot of bad choices and is the reason so many are in the transfer portal. Studies on human buying behavior have shown people buy in five stages and in order: 1. The sales person. Does the sales person understand the needs of the prospect. In recruiting, does the recruiter understand what the kid wants out of a school. This is difficult because of the way the human brain develops. Humans are not capable of making truly rational decisions until 25 years old, so many kids have ideas of what they want but the ideas are not well thought out. This is why meeting the parents is important, but since offers are made to kids before anyone actually has a conversation, a breakdown can take place. Recruiting would be a better process if scholarships could not be offered until after New Year's, but there is a lot of stupidity chasing money in college football. 2. The Company. In recruiting it's the school. A kid wants something. Has that school helped others in his situation get what they wanted. 3. The Product. Is what that company or school selling something that solves your problem or giving you what you want or need? 4. The Price. Is what you need to solve worth the money? Not a big deal for scholarships, but maybe a bid deal for P5 schools and NIL. 5. Buy. Everything can be perfect down to the price and circumstances are such the person doesn't buy, or in this case select another school. Maybe a kid just wants to be closer to home. Apply this to Akron football and see what you come up with. Remember, your motivations are not the same as another person's.

You could sell them on an offense that would complete passes down field if only they had that star recruit behind center. You could sell the star recruit on the necessary parts for success being in place except for him.

Good post. They are probably going to need to work on defensive depth. They do have a good defense, but if the offense still struggles next year they will need a lot of fresh, competent bodies during games. The grad transfer QB probably works best at this point. Joe burned two seasons without his guy behind center. Can't wait to develop a freshman for a couple of years. I see someone gave a thumbs down to your post. NE Ohio fans are a funny bunch. I think they enjoy losing more than winning.

So, I had to drive from Spokane to Seattle and survive rush hour traffic. Listened to the Zips broadcast on XM. I have a question. Does Joe get paid a bonus to say the Zips are in four down territory or should go for it on fourth regardless of how stupid of an idea it would be?

At least he'll have a doctorate.

Or , do they devise a game plan that works against Miami?

This is a fantastic idea and surprisingly so for a MAC school. Everyone in Akron knows these places and they resonate with alumni of all ages at some level. Well done!

Out of curiosity, raise your hand if you were at the game and stayed until the end.

Akron can be a really good program. The key is they have to play every quarter as well as they played the fourth last night or at least close to that level. If Akron played three good quarters, they would have won 52-10. Really good teams can have one bad quarter, but not three. The Zips need to string some good consecutive quarters together.

Lingard is a legit D1 talent and by far the best player on the field for either team last night. Lingard would get playing time at a lot of P5 schools. I can't say that much about many of the players last night.

I like when really good players talk trash. He isn't one of them. His behavior is reckless and dumb.

Almost the exact same thing happened to me.

Fishing would be just as entertaining as the game.

People used to say this about schools like Wake Forest and Kansas State years ago. It doesn't have to be that way.

I don't own a bulldozer.

We could also fix this problem.

Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, Akron stays in the MAC so they need to make what they have work.

Never going to happen. Come up with another solution.

When I was growing up, there was a strip club in Wheeling, WV called My Club. There was carpeting in the bathroom that was rather squishy. Someone wrote on the wall, "I've s#!t in London. I've s#!t in France. Before I'd s#!t in here, I'd s#!t my pants.". Some of you are sitting in the My Club of college football stadiums right now.

I think it's time to watch the World Series.

I've seen #54 for Akron in the backfield a lot tonight. The the NCAA change number rules? Is he a running back?

When you have zero threat of completing a pass, 4t h and 1 isn't hard to stop.

Lingard looks like a D1 player. The only one on the field for either team. This is just bad.

There's an old saying, "Bears only crap in the woods because their only meals are six packs of burgers and a side of onion rings at Hamburger Station. If they were anything else they would make it to a restroom at the national park." Seriously, nobody has ever said that, but I hope it distracted you from this terrible game for a minute.

They could juggle money around by not charging out of state tuition for any athlete from another state. They could eliminate charging the athletic department for tuition for a year as they are having classes anyhow. They could sell naming rights to the scoreboard. They could add advertising to the scoreboard. A million dollars isn't hard to find if you try hard enough. If buy a new scoreboard, but I hate to support an organization this uncreative.